An 8-year-old girl comes to your ambulatory care clinic with complaints of left ear pain for the past 3 days. She had respiratory infection a week ago. On physical examination, the tympanic membrane is bulging. Answer the following questions:________.
1. What else should you ask the client?
2. What teaching would you reinforce to prevent the recurrence of otitis media?
3. What expected outcomes would be specific to this situation?

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Baraq Baraq · Answer 1 · 2020-06-15T05:57:43+02:00

Answer:

The answer is below

Explanation:

Given the situation above

1. Some of the questions that will be asked from the client includes:

(a). Is your ear feel full?

b) is there any fluid coming out of your ear?

c). do you normally swim?

d). recently, is there anything stuck in your ear?

e). Is the pain from the ear so intense?

2. Some of the teaching to reinforce to prevent the recurrence of otitis media are:

a) Advise the client and her parents to clean the outer layer of the ear.

b) Avoid anything less than elbow in size, in the ear.

c) Ensure the ears are dry immediately after swimming or baths/showers.

3. Some of the expected outcomes that be specific to this situation are:

a) sleeplessness

b) ear pain

c) diarrhea

d) irritability

e) lack of balance

f) hearing loss